Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Minister, as I only have five minutes, I would like you to give me brief answers. I will be discussing the Summer Career Placements Program. Currently, we are in the process of helping the organizations to receive funds.
I have two questions regarding this. We learned that the first draft, the first version of the requests made by the agencies was done in Montreal. It was subsequently transmitted to the local human resources, who continued working on it. We signed our agreements. We are now contacting the organizations by telephone to tell them that their applications were accepted. However, Human Resources Canada told us not to advise them by phone, because that would create a third procedure. This means that everything that we did is sent back to Montreal.
I would like to know whether there will really be a fourth evaluation in Montreal to refine the results of our work.
I also learned that the deputy minister is in charge of signing the decisions we make locally on behalf of organizations. I want to know whether the deputy minister is really the last one to sign. If the deputy minister signs the agreement, will this person be entitled to change our decisions? They are waiting to find this out before they can hire students. In my opinion, this is a waste of time. In common language, as they say, they are dilly-dallying. People need this information because they have to follow a process and they must publish their requirements in newspapers, through press conferences, and they must hold interviews. The month of May is already here and the university students have finished their session. I want to know whether they really go through all these antics and whether the deputy minister actually signs all our decisions.